1978-79 Boston Celtics Game Log

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Record: 29-53, Finished 5th in NBA Atlantic Division

Coach: Tom Sanders (2-12), Dave Cowens (27-41)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 108.2 (16th of 22) Opp PTS/G: 113.3 (19th of 22)

SRS: -4.78 (21st of 22) Pace: 106.5 (10th of 22)

Off Rtg: 101.6 (19th of 22) Def Rtg: 106.4 (19th of 22) Net Rtg: -4.7 (21st of 22)

Expected W-L: 28-54 (21st of 22)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 417,926 (2nd of 2)

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Regular Season

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Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1978-10-13		CLE	L	101	115	36	74	.486				29	34	.853	10	39	20	4	5	25	20	51	97	.526				13	16	.813	13	40	21	8	1	13	27
2	2	1978-10-14		HOU	L	108	114	42	86	.488				24	28	.857	16	33	23	8	2	13	29	46	85	.541				22	28	.786	19	44	20	4	1	17	29
3	3	1978-10-18	@	ATL	W	116	99	40	82	.488				36	41	.878	12	45	21	15	4	29	28	40	84	.476				19	33	.576	9	34	25	12	3	27	31
4	4	1978-10-19	@	NOJ	L	115	120	49	98	.500				17	21	.810	13	42	26	12	5	15	23	48	90	.533				24	27	.889	11	47	31	6	11	15	21
5	5	1978-10-21	@	HOU	L	101	118	41	85	.482				19	26	.731	6	34	22	7	1	30	26	50	93	.538				18	18	1.000	11	38	33	15	4	21	26
6	6	1978-10-24	@	SAS	L	109	132	37	76	.487				35	44	.795	9	36	21	8	2	35	29	53	89	.596				26	34	.765	3	29	40	12	6	21	38
7	7	1978-10-28	@	NJN	L	109	111	44	105	.419				21	26	.808	20	52	20	11	4	22	28	45	92	.489				21	29	.724	11	43	24	9	12	24	23
8	8	1978-11-01		CHI	W	118	112	47	87	.540				24	36	.667	10	37	30	12	2	18	35	42	84	.500				28	37	.757	10	36	19	5	7	23	30
9	9	1978-11-03		SAS	L	103	110	46	99	.465				11	18	.611	17	51	26	9	5	23	22	45	97	.464				20	22	.909	13	46	23	5	6	18	20
10	10	1978-11-07	@	MIL	L	108	125	43	99	.434				22	24	.917	14	42	31	8	4	21	25	49	92	.533				27	35	.771	9	48	38	10	6	19	27
11	11	1978-11-08		POR	L	109	112	38	84	.452				33	43	.767	16	44	18	5	3	14	31	42	89	.472				28	36	.778	16	43	23	2	2	16	34
12	12	1978-11-10		ATL	L	103	115	41	87	.471				21	25	.840	12	36	23	5	4	18	25	45	80	.563				25	28	.893	7	34	23	6	10	18	23
13	13	1978-11-11	@	NYK	L	98	111	39	87	.448				20	26	.769	10	33	21	13	3	23	38	41	85	.482				29	45	.644	20	55	21	6	3	29	30
14	14	1978-11-12		DET	L	123	128	49	82	.598				25	34	.735	13	44	28	5	1	26	26	54	94	.574				20	28	.714	10	27	25	11	2	8	27
15	15	1978-11-17		DEN	W	120	118	43	84	.512				34	43	.791	10	38	22	10	3	18	33	47	93	.505				24	38	.632	19	41	21	9	5	21	31
16	16	1978-11-18	@	CLE	W	92	90	31	76	.408				30	36	.833	12	50	16	5	2	21	23	34	84	.405				22	32	.688	9	39	17	10	2	17	25
17	17	1978-11-22		WSB	L	103	119	44	97	.454				15	19	.789	17	50	28	11	1	26	30	48	91	.527				23	30	.767	8	40	25	13	2	21	26
18	18	1978-11-24		NYK	W	109	98	45	92	.489				19	23	.826	5	36	27	7	2	11	19	43	85	.506				12	18	.667	9	45	22	1	2	22	22
19	19	1978-11-26	@	SDC	L	103	105	45	95	.474				13	19	.684	16	41	17	10	2	19	23	47	88	.534				11	23	.478	18	48	17	7	5	25	22
20	20	1978-11-28	@	POR	L	97	102	42	87	.483				13	16	.813	10	36	30	11	7	18	23	42	85	.494				18	21	.857	16	46	28	12	8	21	17
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1978-11-30	@	KCK	L	94	108	36	87	.414				22	29	.759	17	46	12	9	1	22	20	51	97	.526				6	14	.429	19	52	28	8	8	22	25
22	22	1978-12-01		SEA	W	87	80	35	81	.432				17	24	.708	7	44	19	12	3	25	21	34	95	.358				12	15	.800	16	49	19	7	4	25	23
23	23	1978-12-02	@	IND	W	117	110	42	90	.467				33	39	.846	16	53	29	11	4	20	26	43	95	.453				24	32	.750	17	50	22	11	4	19	34
24	24	1978-12-05	@	DET	W	114	112	42	82	.512				30	40	.750	17	53	25	8	7	31	27	45	98	.459				22	30	.733	14	34	29	17	6	17	28
25	25	1978-12-06		SDC	W	117	111	46	86	.535				25	32	.781	10	41	28	9	0	20	25	49	110	.445				13	18	.722	24	50	25	7	6	23	27
26	26	1978-12-08		PHO	L	104	124	43	87	.494				18	26	.692	12	36	27	6	0	22	23	52	93	.559				20	25	.800	13	45	32	7	3	16	26
27	27	1978-12-12	@	HOU	L	105	112	39	81	.481				27	32	.844	12	44	25	10	3	22	29	41	86	.477				30	40	.750	15	45	30	7	2	21	29
28	28	1978-12-13		NOJ	W	102	96	40	86	.465				22	35	.629	19	52	24	6	2	20	26	34	81	.420				28	37	.757	14	42	18	5	4	20	28
29	29	1978-12-15		KCK	L	101	105	34	77	.442				33	36	.917	11	42	19	6	3	28	37	41	82	.500				23	33	.697	10	36	23	8	3	24	33
30	30	1978-12-16	@	WSB	L	117	125	46	104	.442				25	29	.862	12	43	27	12	2	16	33	44	87	.506				37	46	.804	13	48	29	8	4	22	25
31	31	1978-12-20		IND	W	121	105	48	100	.480				25	33	.758	19	58	26	12	6	21	24	45	102	.441				15	20	.750	15	44	25	5	4	19	24
32	32	1978-12-22		ATL	W	124	105	46	81	.568				32	36	.889	13	41	26	10	5	21	24	43	91	.473				19	22	.864	17	35	19	7	4	23	29
33	33	1978-12-27	@	KCK	W	112	103	48	77	.623				16	21	.762	8	40	26	11	6	28	22	46	101	.455				11	14	.786	17	42	25	16	2	18	22
34	34	1978-12-30	@	PHO	L	109	112	44	91	.484				21	24	.875	20	49	22	5	9	25	28	48	106	.453				16	21	.762	23	45	26	13	6	14	26
35	35	1979-01-03	@	SEA	L	116	123	46	92	.500				24	29	.828	14	42	20	11	5	21	22	51	95	.537				21	25	.840	14	43	30	12	4	22	19
36	36	1979-01-05	@	GSW	L	98	113	39	87	.448				20	25	.800	6	32	23	14	3	23	25	45	89	.506				23	28	.821	16	59	27	8	10	31	24
37	37	1979-01-06	@	DEN	L	98	127	41	85	.482				16	24	.667	13	38	25	4	2	19	18	54	93	.581				19	21	.905	12	47	41	11	5	12	23
38	38	1979-01-10		LAL	L	89	99	40	86	.465				9	14	.643	11	42	29	10	6	17	12	46	93	.495				7	9	.778	12	43	25	7	4	17	14
39	39	1979-01-12		POR	W	128	125	45	88	.511				38	43	.884	15	36	26	9	2	20	27	48	94	.511				29	35	.829	19	42	25	9	5	21	32
40	40	1979-01-14		NJN	L	100	110	34	83	.410				32	38	.842	10	44	19	9	5	28	26	47	90	.522				16	27	.593	8	35	20	8	7	19	27
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1979-01-17		KCK	L	99	120	35	82	.427				29	35	.829	13	39	18	9	5	23	24	51	92	.554				18	25	.720	13	46	23	12	2	12	26
42	42	1979-01-19		MIL	W	103	102	41	86	.477				21	23	.913	21	60	18	7	6	22	16	44	101	.436				14	20	.700	18	42	16	8	0	11	23
43	43	1979-01-20	@	PHI	W	108	102	44	95	.463				20	26	.769	13	47	28	7	5	16	17	46	98	.469				10	14	.714	15	50	25	9	9	18	20
44	44	1979-01-21		PHI	L	87	91	36	95	.379				15	23	.652	19	53	17	4	5	15	18	37	86	.430				17	22	.773	11	49	19	6	7	15	25
45	45	1979-01-23	@	CHI	L	90	100	36	76	.474				18	25	.720	11	37	18	8	4	28	26	44	82	.537				12	19	.632	13	42	29	7	6	21	20
46	46	1979-01-24		WSB	L	106	128	47	95	.495				12	14	.857	10	42	23	4	4	20	22	54	107	.505				20	22	.909	17	52	26	9	2	13	16
47	47	1979-01-26	@	IND	L	106	119	42	91	.462				22	30	.733	11	42	25	4	0	13	25	48	89	.539				23	26	.885	10	49	31	7	4	11	26
48	48	1979-01-28		GSW	W	103	102	45	84	.536				13	22	.591	12	43	29	2	2	22	21	46	92	.500				10	17	.588	7	34	21	7	4	15	26
49	49	1979-01-31		HOU	W	119	102	48	89	.539				23	29	.793	17	47	25	6	4	16	17	47	98	.480				8	10	.800	16	41	22	6	1	18	27
50	50	1979-02-02		CLE	W	112	98	46	83	.554				20	22	.909	9	37	29	6	3	21	27	40	87	.460				18	22	.818	16	35	18	9	2	19	24
51	51	1979-02-06	@	ATL	L	101	104	41	87	.471				19	27	.704	14	45	32	9	6	17	19	45	85	.529				14	22	.636	14	46	32	7	9	16	25
52	52	1979-02-07		SEA	W	107	100	38	83	.458				31	36	.861	10	42	18	6	1	17	22	45	86	.523				10	16	.625	7	42	20	7	5	20	29
53	53	1979-02-09		IND	W	112	101	43	90	.478				26	32	.813	21	57	25	7	6	23	28	41	88	.466				19	28	.679	10	35	20	8	7	21	29
54	54	1979-02-10	@	NYK	W	106	102	37	88	.420				32	37	.865	12	44	20	5	3	15	22	44	89	.494				14	16	.875	7	39	33	5	5	11	29
55	55	1979-02-11		NYK	W	107	102	41	86	.477				25	31	.806	21	47	23	6	3	24	30	38	74	.514				26	31	.839	6	28	24	9	2	23	32
56	56	1979-02-14	@	SAS	L	119	149	45	89	.506				29	38	.763	9	31	30	12	2	19	20	67	105	.638				15	22	.682	14	43	49	16	7	15	28
57	57	1979-02-18	@	POR	L	104	111	39	87	.448				26	31	.839	8	38	23	12	7	21	27	44	94	.468				23	34	.676	22	57	22	10	6	23	27
58	58	1979-02-21	@	GSW	W	101	97	40	68	.588				21	25	.840	8	37	23	6	3	18	19	44	86	.512				9	16	.563	13	41	30	9	5	19	28
59	59	1979-02-23	@	LAL	L	104	113	47	89	.528				10	16	.625	15	46	28	7	3	19	17	52	88	.591				9	14	.643	6	32	35	15	10	15	17
60	60	1979-02-25	@	SDC	L	116	131	47	103	.456				22	29	.759	19	42	14	12	3	19	19	58	103	.563				15	18	.833	18	50	23	9	5	22	27
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1979-02-28		NOJ	W	122	112	48	92	.522				26	33	.788	18	47	31	5	1	17	21	45	93	.484				22	24	.917	8	36	20	5	2	14	22
62	62	1979-03-02		SDC	L	99	106	40	94	.426				19	22	.864	18	43	18	5	5	18	21	45	99	.455				16	21	.762	21	51	22	5	9	15	20
63	63	1979-03-04		MIL	L	122	135	51	98	.520				20	29	.690	17	45	24	4	5	19	21	56	96	.583				23	23	1.000	7	34	26	9	5	14	22
64	64	1979-03-07	@	PHI	L	107	114	37	90	.411				33	36	.917	16	37	24	17	3	19	32	44	87	.506				26	30	.867	21	57	30	11	10	30	27
65	65	1979-03-09	@	DET	L	117	160	49	111	.441				19	26	.731	24	45	23	4	3	13	26	69	108	.639				22	35	.629	19	57	36	7	4	14	23
66	66	1979-03-11		LAL	W	108	106	47	98	.480				14	20	.700	17	44	32	11	4	13	26	38	80	.475				30	35	.857	11	44	23	7	5	18	18
67	67	1979-03-14		PHO	L	117	126	50	93	.538				17	23	.739	12	37	34	7	2	15	25	51	88	.580				24	27	.889	8	35	29	5	1	17	23
68	68	1979-03-16		DET	W	99	98	46	87	.529				7	11	.636	11	40	21	5	4	20	20	39	83	.470				20	24	.833	14	38	21	11	5	17	20
69	69	1979-03-18	@	LAL	L	111	122	44	110	.400				23	35	.657	23	55	22	13	3	14	23	50	95	.526				22	28	.786	14	58	37	6	10	23	23
70	70	1979-03-21	@	PHO	L	113	134	45	90	.500				23	30	.767	10	39	29	14	5	28	24	57	106	.538				20	24	.833	11	42	40	16	4	22	24
71	71	1979-03-22	@	SEA	L	110	112	44	87	.506				22	28	.786	11	41	27	9	4	12	16	48	112	.429				16	22	.727	30	59	24	7	5	16	18
72	72	1979-03-23	@	DEN	L	113	137	51	97	.526				11	18	.611	9	40	31	4	6	19	26	56	100	.560				25	32	.781	15	51	34	9	7	13	20
73	73	1979-03-25		PHI	W	103	94	37	82	.451				29	39	.744	13	44	23	14	3	26	22	40	97	.412				14	17	.824	19	51	15	5	7	25	31
74	74	1979-03-27	@	CLE	L	109	111	44	76	.579				21	28	.750	8	38	23	6	4	22	25	45	89	.506				21	29	.724	12	33	25	10	3	13	22
75	75	1979-03-28	@	MIL	L	117	135	43	94	.457				31	40	.775	18	46	29	8	2	22	19	59	105	.562				17	22	.773	13	42	43	14	9	14	27
76	76	1979-03-30		CHI	L	105	121	45	98	.459				15	18	.833	20	47	24	8	1	19	21	53	93	.570				15	21	.714	13	45	29	7	7	19	17
77	77	1979-04-01		SAS	L	110	112	46	94	.489				18	27	.667	9	36	27	9	3	19	29	46	91	.505				20	27	.741	11	44	21	8	4	23	25
78	78	1979-04-03	@	NOJ	L	125	141	56	121	.463				13	15	.867		49	29				15	67	104	.644				7	12	.583		52	41				15
79	79	1979-04-04	@	WSB	L	119	145	47	103	.456				25	35	.714		43	24				23	62	110	.564				21	27	.778		52	42				24
80	80	1979-04-06		DEN	L	101	107	44	93	.473				13	14	.929	14	42	21	16	0	26	23	43	85	.506				21	27	.778	10	38	24	12	6	27	16
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
81	81	1979-04-07	@	NJN	L	112	126	47	104	.452				18	21	.857		38	34				27	50	96	.521				26	37	.703		56	38				15
82	82	1979-04-08		NJN	W	127	101	52	94	.553				23	29	.793	14	47	33	11	3	22	25	38	91	.418				25	33	.758	16	38	18	7	6	27	22

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